Hoisting-rope-catching cart.



B, C. HOLTHAUS.

HOISTING ROPECATCHING CART.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25, 1915.

1,174,320. Patented M21137, 1916.

B. Cafiowhaus.

ran s'raras BERNARD C. HOLTHAUS, 0F SCHNELLVILLE, INDIANA.

HOISTING-ROPE-GATCHING CART.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. '7, 1916.

Application filed September 25, 1915. Serial No. 52,640.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERNARD C. HOLT- HAUS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Schnellville, in the county of Dubois, State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHoisting-Rope- Catching Carts; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

The present invention is directed to improvements in hoisting ropecatching carts, and has for its object to so construct a device of thischaracter that the hoisting rope of a hay sling or the like can bequickly caught and operated to raise the hay sling, and quickly releasedafter the hay sling has released its load.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter constructed in such manner that the driver of a cart canoperate the hoisting rope without the necessity of leaving the cart.

With these and other objects in view, this invention resides in thenovel features of construction, formation, combination and arrangementof parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the cart. Fig. 2 is a fragmentarv sideelevation. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 33 ofFig. 2. Fig. 4 is asectional view on line 4 CL of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of theband. Fig. 6 is a sectional view on line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings 1 designates the axle of the cart whichhas hingedly connected thereto arcuate bars 2, said bars being providedwith a plurality of spaced perforations 3, the purpose of which willlater appear.

Mounted on the axle 1 is a clip 4 having pivotally connected thereto aclip 5, the same being capable of swinging laterally. The clip 5 isprovided with a yoke 6 which supports the pin 7, and to which ispivotally connected the forward end of the bracket 8 which is adapted toswing vertically. The bracket 8 is provided with a bar 9, which has itslower end terminating in a rearwardly and upwardly curved bar 10, which1s spaced from the upwardly curved bar 11.

to provide a guide 12. To hold the bars 10 and 11in spaced relation acircular band 13 is provided, and has its endsl l fixed to therespective bars, said band having fixed therein a block 15 which isprovided with a beveled face 16.

The ends of the bars 10 and 11 terminate in right angularly disposedfingers 17, which are spaced vertically and constitute means forcatching the hoisting rope.

To limit the swinging movement of the bracket 8 in one direction a pin18 is provided and is adapted to be interchangeably engaged in theperforations 3.

In operation the hoisting rope 19 is normally resting upon the ground,and has its free end provided with a head 20 so that when the cart isdriven over therope the same wlll pass into the guide 12 formed betweenthe bars 10 and 11, and continued movement of the cart will cause therope to swing in parallel relation to the bracket 8 owing to the beveledface 16 of the block 15, after which the head 20 will ride over thebeveled face 16 and will be caught by the fingers 17. The driver thendrives the team until the rope 19 moves the hay sling (not shown) to theproper position, after which the cart is turned so that the head 20 willhe slipped from engagement with they fingers, thus allowing the haysling to return to its loading position. By placing the pin 18 inselected perforations it is obvious that when the cart is turned thatthe finger 17 will assume such position with respect to the axle 1 thatthe head can be disengaged at the desired time.

What I claim is 1. A device of the class described comprising a movablebracket having spaced.

bars forming a guide, fingers formed upon the rear ends of the bars andadapted to engage a hoisting rope- 2. The combination with a cart, of abracket pivotally connected thereto, a bar carried by the lower end ofthe bracket, a band having one end fixed to said bar, a second bar fixedto the band and spaced from said first bar, said bars having fingersformed upon their rear ends, a hoisting rope In testimony whereof, Iaffix my signahaving a head formedbthereon andbadapted ture, in thepresence of two Witnesses.

to travel in the s ace etWeen the ars and to engage betWee n thefingers, said head BERNARD HOLTHAUS' 5 serving to prevent disengagementof the Witnesses:

head when the cart is traveling in a straight J OHN SGHUETTE,

line. ANDREW SOHNELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

